Toyota · Passo

Toyota Passo 1st generation

Years: 2004–2010
Drivetrain: FF / 4WD

Story

The entry model of Toyota's family-car line, co-developed with Daihatsu. Expecting most of its users to be women, it used a column shift to make room for a bag in the middle of the front seats.

Stories

Planned by Toyota, built by Daihatsu

The first Passo was born from a division of labor in which Toyota did the planning and Daihatsu handled design, testing and manufacturing. Tada, as Toyota's chief engineer, has described this division of roles. It is shorter overall than the Vitz but roomier inside. Placing the radiator beside the small engine and shortening the nose made the difference.

Tetsuya Tada

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Torsion beamFF

Rigid axle4WD

Curb weight: 900-950kg

Production plants

Head Office (Ikeda) Plant
Daihatsu / Ikeda, Osaka

US import eligibility

Earliest cars: Eligible from June 202925 years after sales began in June 2004
Last cars: Eligible during 203525 years after sales ended in 2010 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Tetsuya Tada

Hometown: Niihama, Ehime Prefecture

Chief engineer of the 86 and the GR Supra. In the Product Planning Group he worked on the development of the first-generation bB, the second-generation Raum, the first-generation Passo and the first-generation Ractis.